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T. 5.. MARQUAND. HORSE POWER.

N0. 556,583. Patented Mar. 17, 1896.

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T.'F.M'ARQUAND. HORSE POWER.

No. 556,583. 'Patefi'ted Mar. 17, 1896.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

THEODORE F. MARQUAND, OF FLORENCE, ARIZONA TERRITORY.

HORSE-POWER.

SPECIFICATION forming part Of Letters Patent No. 556,583, dated March 1'7, 1896.

Application filed J'unefi, 1895. Serial No. 551,858. (No model.)

To aZZ whomit may concern:

Be it known that I, THEODORE F. MAR- QUAND, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Florence, in the county of Final and Territory of Arizona, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Horse-Powers; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

The object of my invention is to provide a simple, cheap, and effective horse power which is designed primarily for operating a series of pump-rods which work in pumps that lead to a water supply common to all, and in carrying out my invention I employ a series of radiating frames above which is mounted a circular platform upon which the horse walks and pulls a series of shafts upon which are mounted rolling weights for engagement with sectors mounted on the radiating frames, the sectors being of different lengths, the longer ones being attached to the frames so as to rock thereon, while the shorter ones are hinged to their supporting-frames, the sectors being connected by links to the operating-levers, which are pivotally supported and connected to the pump-rods.

The invention consists in the construction of the horse-power in connection with a series of pumps and independent operating-levers, as will be hereinafter fully set forth, and particularly pointed out in the claim.

In the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, Figure l is a plan view of the apparatus, partly broken away to better showthe construction of the parts; and Figs. 2 and 3 are sectional views on the lines 2 2 and 3 3 of Fig. 1.

A designates the base of the structure,which is mounted on suitable sill-pieces and supports a tank or having a suitable dischargespout, and into said tank the several pumps discharge. Through the center of the tank extends a vertical post A, which is suitably braced to the base Aby means of rods to having interposed turnbuckles.

A sufficient number of brace-rods are used to hold the center post securely in a vertical position.

If desired the water-receiving tank a may be positioned to one side of the center post, and.

these supports is secured a circular platformor tread 0 having curved sill-pieces 0. Between the vertical supports or frames B are located frames D consisting of vertical posts 01 and (1 connected to each other at their upper ends by cross-pieces 01 and upon these cross-pieces the sills c which support the platform or tread 0 rest. Between the uprights d d of the frame D are pivoted arms or levers E, the inner ends of which are connected to pump-rods L, while the other ends pass between the uprights d and are connected by links F to a track or way G, the upper edge of the track or way being provided with rails g.

The track or way G is made up of sectors G and G the sectors G being one-half the length of the adjacent sectors G The sectors G are connected to the frames B by means of suitable hinges g so that they can rock thereon, whereas the larger sectors G are merely connected to the frames B at their center by suitable hinges or other connec tions upon which they can move. It will be noted that each sector G connects with the end of the adjoining sector G, the connection being accomplished by the links F, which eX- tend from the levers E.

H designates a suitable wheel or weight which is loosely mounted on the end of a shaft or arm I and is peripherally grooved to engage with the rails g. In practice four wheels or weights H are used, being mounted on independent shafts which extend at substantially right angles with each other, and

. said shafts engage with a plate 2', mounted on the post A and bearing on a pin carried thereby. The shafts are connected to each other by rods is k, which engage suitable couplings K. On one of the shafts is a coupling for the attachment thereto of a singletree.

A plurality of pumps are located in a single well, and the pump-rods L operate independently, the water elevated being discharged into the tank a.

In operation the horse or other animal walks upon the platform 0, and, being hitched to the shaft 1, will cause all four shafts to turn, which carry with them the wheels or weightsll. When one of the weights passes over one of the longer sectors G toward the adjoining short sector, it will cause both sectors to rock and depress the ends which are connected to the lever E, and as the weight passes on it will ride upon the short sector and move on to the adjoining short sector, causing a downward movement of the latter. The following weight will rock the long sector previously depressed, so as to cause a movement of the operating-lever. It will thus be noted that the several levers are being constantly operated and that there will be a constant flow of water from the pumps into the tank, from which it is led for storage or irrigating purposes. It will also be noted that each long sector is connected to the adjoining short sectors, so that the pu1nplevers are operated by the rocking of the long sectors, and the separation of the long sectors is for the purpose of providing a continuous track or way.

I am aware that prior to my invention it has been proposed to provide a series of pumps which discharge into a centrally-located tank and are operated from a circular frame by levers depressed by traveling rollers, as shown in the patent of Daniel D. Shaw, No. 509,052, dated November 21, 1893; also, that it is not new to provide a circular platform made up of a series of sections, each section being pivoted at one end to a lever,-

as shown in the patent to William M. Lewis, No. a75,580, dated May 24, 1892.

I am also aware that it is not new to provide a circular platform having a roller traveling around its outer edge and drawn by a horse mounted on said platform.

My improvements are clearly distinguished from the constructions mentioned, and present a horse-power for operating pumps that is cheap, simple, and effective and in which the parts are not liable to get out of order.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

In a horse-power for pumping Water, the combination with awater supply and a series of pumps leading therefrom and discharging into a tank, of a series of radiating frames B and D mounted on asuitable base and sup porting a rigid circular platform; levers E pivoted in the frames B and connected at their inner ends to the pump-rods sectors G2 centrally pivoted upon the frames B and connected at their ends to the levers E by links, and shorter sectors Gr hinged at one end to the frames B and connected at their other end to the levers E by links; together with weighted wheels H having shafts which are connected to a center post, said Wheels being adapted to travel over the sectors and depress the outer ends of the levers, substantially as shown and described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

THEODORE F. MARQUAND.

IVitnesses:

THOS. F. WEEDIN, THOMAS G. PEYTON. 

